Terms

Prastara

Prastara
Cologne Sanskrit Dictionary
prastara m. (ifc. f. {A}) anything strewed forth or about , a couch of leaves and flowers , (esp.) a sacrificial seat
(ifc.) a couch of any material
a flat surface , flat top , level , a plain
a rock , stone
a gem , jewel L. ; a leather bag
a paragraph , section
a tabular representation of the long and short vowels of a metre
musical notation
pl. N. of a people R. (v.l. for {pra-cara}) ; {-ghatanApakaraNa}
n. an instrument for breaking or splitting stones
-bhAjana} n. a substitute for sacrificial grass.; {-sveda} m. and {-svedana}
n. inducing perspiration by lying on a straw-bed ; {-re-STha} (or {-SThA} ,) mfn. being on a couch or bed VS.
3 prastAra m. (ifc. f. {A}) strewing , spreading out , extension (also fig. = abundance , high degree)
a litter , bed of straw
a layer
a flight of steps (leading down to water)
a flat surface , plain Hariv. (v.l. {-stara})
a jungle or wood overgrown with grass
a process in preparing minerals
a representation or enumeration of all the possible combinations of certain given numbers or of short and long syllables in a metre
(in music) a kind of measure
N. of a prince (son of Udgitha)
(prob. w.r. for {prastAva}) ; {cintAmaNi} m. N. of wk. ; {-paGkti}
f. a kind of metre ; {-pattana}
n. N. of wk.